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🎶🎅🏼🤶🏼 Cue the sleigh bells!
It’s officially the season of festive pieces, concert countdowns, and maybe a few mince pies between rehearsals. ✨
💡 Drop a 🎄 if you’re playing in a festive concert or panto this month!
👀 If you applied for a Season 2026 WSSO Ensemble, keep an eye on your inbox — offers are being emailed out over the next few weeks! 🙌🏼
🎵 Enjoy this clip of our truly incredible WSSTB performing Baba Yetu by Christopher Tin, conducted by Michelle McCabe 👏🏼
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🎥 Samantha C Parker / @somewhereinfocus
#WSSOTrust #Season2026 #MakingGreatMusicAndLifelongFriends #YouthMusic #WestSpirit #PracticeInProgress #ShowtimeSoon #ConcertSeason #MusicJourney #MusiciansOfTomorrow #WSSSO #WSSCB #BandLife #OrchestraLife #ChristmasConcerts #FestiveVibes
🎶👉 Over the next two weeks, WSSO Trust will be holding auditions for Season 2026 — wishing the best of luck to everyone taking part! 🎶
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📸 Lucy Pye / Showcase Concert 2025
1–5 WSSCB | 6–10 WSSSO
#WSSOAuditions #Season2026 #KeepPlaying #WestSpirit #MusicJourney #WSSOTrust #GoodLuck #MakeGreatMusicAndLifelongFriends
🎶 🎃 Halloween Warm-Up
💀 Spooky scales, creepy chords, and ghostly glissandos? Yes please. This Halloween, try adding a little drama to your warm-ups.
👻 What’s the spookiest piece you’ve ever played?
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📸 Becky Whitener / WSSSO Residential 2025
#WSSOTrust #MakeGreatMusicAndLifelongFriends #SpookyScales #HalloweenPractice #FrightfullyFocused #MusicWithMood
🎶🎻 New season, new sounds.
🍂 Autumn is the perfect time to deepen your focus, explore rich tones, and set bold musical goals. What are you working towards this term?
👏🏼 Let’s take a moment to celebrate Johnny Gray for his stunning performance of Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor - a true showcase of talent and expression.
👀 Scroll through for some gorgeous shots from rehearsal!
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📸 Lucy Pye / WSSSO Showcase Concert Rehearsal 2025
#PracticeInspo #MakeGreatMusicAndLifelongFriends #WSSOTrust #MusicGoals #OrchestraLife #AutumnVibes #PracticeSeason #MusicianMotivation #FallFocus #CelloConcerto #SaintSaëns #YouthOrchestra
🎶🎺 Every great performance starts with a single note. Here’s to all the quiet starts, the hidden effort, and the first brave tries. You’re building something great.
💡 Who inspires you to keep going with your music?
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📸 Samantha C Parker / WSSTB Showcase Concert 2025
#MusicalMoments #WSSOTrust #FromSilenceToSound #OneNoteAtATime #MusicInspiration #KeepCreating #MakeGreatMemoriesAndLifelongFriends
🎶🍂 Mid-September check-in 🎵
🎻 Where’s your musical energy at? Whether you’re rehearsing, composing, or just noodling at home, you’re making progress. One note at a time.
💡 Share your current favourite warm-up piece 👇
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📸 Samantha C Parker / WSSO Strings, Showcase Rehearsal 2025
#PracticeInProgress #WSSOTrust #MakingGreatMusicAndLifelingFriends
🎶🤍 What a performance! Huge congratulations to our WSSO Training Ensembles on a stunning Sunday concert. You filled the room with energy, talent, and heart. We couldn’t be prouder. 💛
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#WSSOTrainingEnsembleShowcase2025
🎶⭐️ You did it! Congratulations to all our phenomenal String Orchestra & Training Band players on an amazing residential course. Now, let’s bring it home - good luck for your concert on Sunday! We’re cheering for you all the way.
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📸 1) Lucy Pye / WSSO Strings Residential Course 2025, 2) Amanda Currie / WSSTB Residential Course 2025
#WSSOTrainingEnsembles #YouthOrchestra #ProudMoment #MusicEducation #WSSOFamily #ConcertTime #Bravo #HardWorkPaysOff #YoungMusicians #LiveMusic #OrchestraLife #Showtime #WSSOProud #DreamBigPlayLoud #MakingMusicTogether
✨ Double the ensembles, double the magic!
🎺 Today we’re cheering on our WSSO Training Band as they begin their residential course - go smash it! 🎉
🎻 Meanwhile, the WSSO String Orchestra are already in full flow - from sectionals to sunsets and everything in between.
💛 Keep the energy high and the music soaring, everyone! We’re proud of you all 🎶
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📸 Samantha C Parker / WSSTB Taster Day 25
#WSSOTrainingBandResi #AdventureAwaits #MakeGreatMusicAndLifelongFriends
🎶🎻 Massive good luck to our WSSO String Orchestra as they head off on their residential course this Sunday!
Time to dive into music-making, memories, and a week to remember.
💥 You’ve got this - play your hearts out! 💪🎻
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📸 Samantha C Parker / WSSO Strings Taster Day 25
#WSSOStringOrchestraResi #AdventureAwaits #MakeGreatMusicAndLifelongFriends
🎶✨ Season 2026 applications are now open!
Ready to make great music and lifelong friends? Join us for an unforgettable year of music, memories, and moments that last a lifetime.
📅 Applications close 31st October
👉 www.wsso.org.uk/apply
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#WSSOTrust #Season2026 #MakeGreatMusic #LifelongFriends #YouthMusicScotland
🎶🍂 New month, fresh momentum!
Whether you’re setting goals, starting new pieces, or simply reconnecting with your creativity - September’s your launch pad. 💥
🎹 Here’s a behind-the-scenes glimpse at our pre-showcase rehearsals - full of focus, energy, and that signature WSSO spark.
Huge thanks to our incredible Artistic Directors, James Lowe and Chris Mitchell, for leading with passion and inspiration 🤍
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▫️ Pics 1–4: WSSSO
▫️ Pics 5–8: WSSCB
📸 Lucy Pye / Senior Ensembles Showcase Rehearsal 2025
#WSSOAutumn #PracticeInspo #KeepTheMusicPlaying #SeptemberSpark #YouthMusicScotland
🎶🎂 Happy Birthday, Derek!
With love from all of us at WSSO Trust - today feels like the perfect moment to thank the man who spends so much of his time thanking everyone else.
As our General Manager, you’re at the heart of it all. Every concert, every course, every detail behind the scenes - you make it happen. You give so much of yourself to this organisation, and though you’re rarely in the spotlight, we all see the care, dedication and passion you pour into WSSO. We’re so grateful for everything you do.
Wishing you the happiest of birthdays! ✨🥂
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📸 Samantha C Parker / WSSO Trust Showcase Concert 2025
#WSSOTrust #ThankYouDerek #HappyBirthdayDerek #GMAppreciation #BehindTheScenesMagic #YouthMusic #MakingItHappen
🎶🪇 What. A. Day. Huge congratulations to our Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band for a spectacular Showcase Concert!
💥 Every note, every moment, every smile - you made it
unforgettable. We are SO proud of you.
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📸 Samantha C Parker / Showcase Concert 2025
#ShowcaseWeekend #WSSO2425
🎶🎫 Good luck to our incredible WSSO Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band as they prepare for their Showcase Concert this weekend! We’re already so proud of you. Go make it unforgettable!
⏳ Here are a few snaps from the very beginning of the season to remind you how much you’ve grown - musically, personally, and as a team. 💫🎶
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📸 Samantha C Parker / WSSSO & WSSCB Taster Days 2025
#ShowcaseWeekend #WSSO2425 #ConcertReady #OrchestraLife #BandPride #PerformanceDay #StageMoments #FinaleVibes #MusicianGoals #BigStageEnergy #UnforgettablePerformance #ProudMusicians #YouthOrchestra #ConcertBandLife #WSSOPride #EndOfSeasonShow
🎶☀️ Let’s finish summer strong. One scale. One piece. One goal. Let’s go!
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📸 Samantha C Parker / WSSO Strings & WSSTB Taster Days 2025
#PracticeMakesMagic #MusicianLife #DailyPractice #SummerGoals #PracticeRoomVibes #MusicMotivation #OneNoteAtATime #PerformancePrep #ClassicalMusician #MusicJourney #PracticeChallenge #EndOfSummerPush #MusicalDiscipline #InstrumentGoals #PracticeToPerform
🎶 🎧 If your summer had a theme song… what would it be?
☀️ Our Symphony Orchestra’s would definitely be MAMBO! from Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances (West Side Story) - bold, brilliant, and shouted with everything they had. 🎺🔥
So what about you? We want to hear them all. 💛
🎤 Drop your summer anthem below - bonus points if it makes us dance. 💃🏽🕺🏽
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📸 Lucy Pye / WSSSO Ayr Town Hall Rehearsal 2025
#WSSOTrust #WSSO2425 #SymphonicDances #WestSideStory #Bernstein #YouthMusicMagic #SummerSoundtrack #MamboMoments #YoungMusicians #PlayOn #MusicEverywhere #MakingGreatMusic #ThemeSongSeason #LifelongFriends
🎶🧘🏼♀️ Locked in. Fully focused. That moment when every note counts - and you know it. 😅🎶
This is where the magic kicks in - one tricky bar at a time ✨
💡 What’s the piece that pushed you hardest - and made you proud when you nailed it?
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📸 Becky Whitener / WSSSO Residential 2025
#MusicLife #YoungMusicians #PracticeMakesPerfect #FocusMode #MusicMagic #MusicianLife #InstrumentPractice #MusiciansOfInstagram #MusicCommunity #ClassicalMusic #MusicGoals #KeepPlaying #SummerMusic #NotesOfSummer
🎶📯 Brass in a yurt? Don’t mind if we do.
The tunes don’t stop when the week ends - they just head off in new directions.
💡 Favourite memory from your WSSO course? Comment below 👇🏼
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📸 Eilidh Horn / WSSCB Lendrick Muir 2025
#BrassCampfire #WSSOTrust #KeepTheMusicPlaying #SummerSounds #YouthMusic
🎶 🌊 From beach scribbles to ceilidh circles, karaoke nights to snapshots in the sand - it’s the little things that make a summer unforgettable.
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📸 Charlotte Neilson / WSSSO, St Andrew’s 2025
#SummerVibes #WSSOTrust #YouthMusic #MakingMemories #BehindTheScenes #ScottishSummer #CeilidhNights #OrchestraLife
